![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2782/jpeg/04t.jpg) Frostweed (Verbesina virginica) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, September 20, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2782/jpeg/05t.jpg) Flowers of frostweed (Verbesina virginica) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, September 20, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2823/jpeg/20t.jpg) Ice flowers on frostweed (Verbesina virginica) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, December 1, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3251/jpeg/20t.jpg) Frostweed (Verbesina virginica) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, September 26, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1107/jpeg/15t.jpg) Frostweed (Verbesina virginica) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, September 24, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3027/jpeg/11t.jpg) Frostweed (Verbesina virginica) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, September 22, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2739/jpeg/18t.jpg) Red aphids on a shoot of frostweed (Verbesina virginica) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, July 18, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3413/jpeg/18t.jpg) Dry plants of frostweed (Verbesina virginica) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, September 8, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3413/jpeg/17t.jpg) Dry leaves of frostweed (Verbesina virginica) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, September 8, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3416/jpeg/08t.jpg) Dry plant of frostweed (Verbesina virginica) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, September 13, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/791/jpeg/09t.jpg) Frostweed (Verbesina virginica) on Post Oak Trail in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, September 7, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3027/jpeg/16t.jpg) Crab spider on frostweed (Verbesina virginica) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, September 22, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2758/jpeg/23t.jpg) White flowers of frostweed (Verbesina virginica) on Raccoon Run Trail in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, August 23, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2823/jpeg/16t.jpg) Inflated stems of frostweed (Verbesina virginica) at cold morning in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, December 1, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2823/jpeg/13t.jpg) Frostweed (Verbesina virginica) at frosty morning on a pipeline forest cutting in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, December 1, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3618/jpeg/17t.jpg) Flowers of frostweed (Verbesina virginica) both in natural light and under 365 nm ultraviolet (UV-A) blacklight from Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, September 11, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3617/jpeg/19t.jpg) Frostweed (Verbesina virginica) when exposed to regular daylight as well as when illuminated by a 365 nm ultraviolet (UV-A) blacklight from Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, September 9, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3618/jpeg/16t.jpg) Frostweed (Verbesina virginica) when exposed to regular daylight as well as when illuminated by a 365 nm ultraviolet (UV-A) blacklight from Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, September 11, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3254/jpeg/09t.jpg) Frostweed (Verbesina virginica) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, October 3, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1287/jpeg/21t.jpg) Frostweed (Verbesina virginica) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, October 11, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3012/jpeg/35t.jpg) Frostweed (Verbesina virginica) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, August 26, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2010/820/jpeg/25t.jpg) Frostweed (Verbesina virginica) on sewer line right of way in Lick Creek Park. After a heavy frost at night frostweed shows its ribbons of frost (as in ribbon candy). College Station, Texas, January 9, 2010
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/669/jpeg/09t.jpg) Love bugs (Plecia) on boneset flower in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, September 12, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1457/jpeg/26t.jpg) Frostweed (Verbesina virginica) with aphids in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, July 15, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1287/jpeg/22t.jpg) Flowers of frostweed (Verbesina virginica) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, October 11, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2525/jpeg/08t.jpg) Frostweed (Verbesina virginica) with black aphids in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, June 9, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3096/jpeg/09t.jpg) Frostweed (Verbesina virginica) after hard freeze in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, January 3, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3458/jpeg/04t.jpg) Frostweed (Verbesina virginica) after hard freeze in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, January 10, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3096/jpeg/06t.jpg) Frostweed (Verbesina virginica) at frosty morning in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, January 3, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1290/jpeg/19t.jpg) Bumblebee on flowers of frostweed (Verbesina virginica) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, October 23, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3005/jpeg/10t.jpg) Red and black aphids on a plant of frostweed (Verbesina virginica) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, August 12, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3167/jpeg/01t.jpg) Black aphids on leaves of frostweed (Verbesina virginica) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, June 3, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3096/jpeg/08t.jpg) Frostweed (Verbesina virginica) after hard freeze on sewer line right of way in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, January 3, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3096/jpeg/04t.jpg) Inflated stems of frostweed (Verbesina virginica) at cold morning in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, January 3, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3625/jpeg/03t.jpg) Frostweed (Verbesina virginica) when exposed to regular daylight as well as when illuminated by a 365 nm ultraviolet (UV-A) blacklight from Bee Creek Park. College Station, Texas, September 23, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2010/820/jpeg/23t.jpg) Frostweed (Verbesina virginica) after hard freeze on sewer line right of way in Lick Creek Park. Frozen sap extruded from stem. College Station, Texas, January 9, 2010
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3212/jpeg/29t.jpg) Yellow leaves of frostweed (Verbesina virginica) with a rust fungus Coleosporium viguierae(?) on a pipeline right of way in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, August 19, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3212/jpeg/30t.jpg) Frostweed (Verbesina virginica) with yellow and brown leaves with a rust fungus Coleosporium viguierae(?) on a pipeline right of way in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, August 19, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2010/820/jpeg/22t.jpg) Frostweed (Verbesina virginica) after hard freeze on sewer line right of way in Lick Creek Park. Frost ribbons sprouting from young plants. College Station, Texas, January 9, 2010
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2010/820/jpeg/24t.jpg) Frostweed (Verbesina virginica) after hard freeze on sewer line right of way in Lick Creek Park. The stems split and exude sap that freezes into fascinating shapes. College Station, Texas, January 9, 2010
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3211/jpeg/14t.jpg) Spores of a rust fungus Coleosporium viguierae(?) (under a microscope, in KOH solution) found on leaves of frostweed (Verbesina virginica) from a pipeline right of way in Lick Creek Park a day before. College Station, Texas, August 18, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2010/820/jpeg/18t.jpg) Frostweed (Verbesina virginica) after hard freeze on sewer line right of way in Lick Creek Park. Petals of frost flowers are very delicate and will break when touched. College Station, Texas, January 9, 2010
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2010/820/jpeg/26t.jpg) Frostweed (Verbesina virginica) after hard freeze on sewer line right of way in Lick Creek Park. Sap within its stalks bursts forth to form icy formations along its lower stems. College Station, Texas, January 9, 2010
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3211/jpeg/15t.jpg) Spores of a rust fungus Coleosporium viguierae(?) (under a microscope, in Lugol solution) found on leaves of frostweed (Verbesina virginica) on a pipeline right of way in Lick Creek Park a day before. College Station, Texas, August 18, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2010/820/jpeg/17t.jpg) Frostweed (Verbesina virginica) after hard freeze on sewer line right of way in Lick Creek Park. Frothy texture of frozen sap extruded from stem looks like cotton candy. College Station, Texas, January 9, 2010
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2010/820/jpeg/20t.jpg) Frostweed (Verbesina virginica) after hard freeze on sewer line right of way in Lick Creek Park. Layers of ice are formed into exquisite patterns that curl into "petals" that resemble flowers. College Station, Texas, January 9, 2010
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2010/821/jpeg/01t.jpg) Frostweed (Verbesina virginica) after hard freeze on sewer line right of way in Lick Creek Park. Thin layers of ice are often formed into exquisite patterns that curl into "petals" that resemble flowers. College Station, Texas, January 9, 2010
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1475/jpeg/11t.jpg) Frostweed (Verbesina virginica) on Park Hudson Trail. College Station, Texas, August 6, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2010/820/jpeg/21t.jpg) Frostweed (Verbesina virginica) after hard freeze on sewer line right of way in Lick Creek Park. Petals of "frost-flowers" are easily melted and are usually visible in the early morning or in shaded areas. College Station, Texas, January 9, 2010
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2010/820/jpeg/19t.jpg) Frostweed (Verbesina virginica) on sewer line right of way in Lick Creek Park. At the first hard freeze, even though the plant has gone to seed and looks dead, the roots are still active. The sap freezes, splits open the stem and forms these "frost-flowers". College Station, Texas, January 9, 2010
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/669/jpeg/06t.jpg) Frost-weed (Verbesina virginica) on Iron Bridge Trail in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, September 12, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2795/jpeg/06t.jpg) Frostweed (Verbesina virginica) with an ant on Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail north from Trailhead No. 6 in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, October 1, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2597/jpeg/31t.jpg) Frostweed (Verbesina virginica) at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, November 17, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3124/jpeg/05t.jpg) Shoot of frostweed (Verbesina virginica) at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, April 3, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3052/jpeg/03t.jpg) Crab spider on frostweed (Verbesina virginica) at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, October 31, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2823/jpeg/24t.jpg) Ice flowers on frostweed in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, December 1, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2823/jpeg/25t.jpg) Ice crystals on frostweed seeds in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, December 1, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2823/jpeg/21t.jpg) Details of ice flowers on frostweed in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, December 1, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2823/jpeg/14t.jpg) Frostweed stem with ice crystals in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, December 1, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2823/jpeg/17t.jpg) Close-up of ice crystals on a frostweed stem in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, December 1, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2823/jpeg/18t.jpg) Texture of ice crystals on a frostweed stem in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, December 1, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2758/jpeg/24t.jpg) Black and red bug on frostweed on Raccoon Run Trail in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, August 23, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2823/jpeg/15t.jpg) Hairy ice crystals on a frostweed stem in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, December 1, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2823/jpeg/23t.jpg) Cracked stem of frostweed after a cold morning in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, December 1, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2823/jpeg/19t.jpg) Broken stem of frostweed exposing ice crystals in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, December 1, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2823/jpeg/22t.jpg) Inflating stem of frostweed showing fluffy crystals of ice in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, December 1, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/669/jpeg/15t.jpg) Red-banded Hairstreak (Calycopis cecrops) butterfly on a frostweed flower in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, September 12, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/669/jpeg/10t.jpg) Dusky-Blue Groundstreak (Calycopis isobeon) butterfly on frostweed in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, September 12, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1068/jpeg/22t.jpg) Frostweed leaves in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, June 10, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3361/jpeg/22t.jpg) Shoot of frostweed in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, March 10, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3096/jpeg/01t.jpg) Ice flowers on frostweed in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, January 3, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3105/jpeg/07t.jpg) Ice flowers on frostweed in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, February 5, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3006/jpeg/10t.jpg) Red aphids on frostweed in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, August 12, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3105/jpeg/06t.jpg) Feathery ice crystals on frostweed in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, February 5, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3365/jpeg/18t.jpg) Young leaves of frostweed in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, March 16, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1457/jpeg/25t.jpg) Red aphids on a leaf of frostweed in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, July 15, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1232/jpeg/06t.jpg) Exoskeleton of a molted cicada on frostweed in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, July 24, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2010/862/jpeg/14t.jpg) Rosemary frostweed (Sun rose, Helianthemum rosmarinifolium) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 19, 2010
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1229/jpeg/01t.jpg) Frostweed and a thistle on Racoon Run Trail in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, July 17, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3096/jpeg/02t.jpg) Ice crystals on a frostweed stems at morning in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, January 3, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1457/jpeg/27t.jpg) Black and red aphids on a leaf of frostweed in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, July 15, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3369/jpeg/03t.jpg) Blooming plantain Plantago virginica(?) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, March 23, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3369/jpeg/04t.jpg) Grasshopper on plantain Plantago virginica(?) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, March 23, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3479/jpeg/08t.jpg) Spring beauty flowers (Claytonia virginica) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, February 27, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3006/jpeg/09t.jpg) Slender bush clover (Lespedeza virginica) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, August 12, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/639/jpeg/05t.jpg) Yellow flower of Rosemary frostweed (Sun rose, Helianthemum rosmarinifolium) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 3, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3096/jpeg/05t.jpg) Curly ice crystals grown on frostweed after hard freeze in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, January 3, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2593/jpeg/03t.jpg) Curly ice crystals grown on frostweed after hard freeze in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, November 13, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/748/jpeg/07t.jpg) Yellow flower of Rosemary frostweed (Sun rose, Helianthemum rosmarinifolium) on Post Oak Trail in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 15, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/680/jpeg/01t.jpg) Stink bug nymph (Euschistus) on a seed head of frostweed in Lick Creek Park, on Iron Bridge Trail. College Station, Texas, October 19, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2566/jpeg/04t.jpg) Slender bush clover (Lespedeza virginica) in Hensel Park. College Station, Texas, September 20, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2566/jpeg/05t.jpg) Flowers of slender bush clover (Lespedeza virginica) in Hensel Park. College Station, Texas, September 20, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2782/jpeg/03t.jpg) Sumpweed (Iva annua) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, September 20, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2782/jpeg/10t.jpg) Amaranth(?) near Raccoon Run Trail in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, September 20, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2767/jpeg/15t.jpg) Mushrooms Leucocoprinus longistriatus in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, September 8, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2763/jpeg/15t.jpg) Bushy bluestem (Andropogon glomeratus)(?) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, September 2, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2782/jpeg/18t.jpg) Mushrooms Punctularia strigosozonata on a fallen oak in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, September 23, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2782/jpeg/16t.jpg) Brittlegill mushrooms Russula mutabilis in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, September 23, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2763/jpeg/17t.jpg) Silver bluestem (Bothriochloa laguroides) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, September 2, 2020
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